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The thinking person's poet
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/05/2013
» One of the verses in Zakariya Amataya's new book of poetry reads:
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Beyond the saffron scandals
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 23/10/2013
» Ekkarat Punyatara's photo exhibition "It's Personal" plays with viewers' perceptions and prejudices. At the far end of the gallery stands a centrepiece photo of two monks hanging out at the beach. One is crouching with a camera in hand, apparently trying to get to the best shot of his friend.
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Where the wild things are
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/11/2013
» After playing in bands Jack and the Whale, and Facepaint, Jack Tatum started recording under the name Wild Nothing as a solo artist in 2009. To date, the Virginia-based indie rock act has released two studio albums _ Gemini in 2010 and Nocturne in 2012 as well an EP, Empty Estate, early this year.
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Diving in with Swim Deep
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/02/2014
» It was a full house at Mongkol RCA Studio earlier this month for English indie rock band Swim Deep. It was the first time in Bangkok for the four-piece outfit from West Midlands, which played quite a few festivals around the word, including Glastonbury last year, since the August release of its debut album Where The Heaven Are We .
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Art of queer ideas
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/03/2014
» An exhibition currently on display at Chulalongkorn University’s The Art Center combines videos, oil-on-canvas paintings on walls and gigantic creations hanging from roofs. There are photographs of nakedness and nature, huge installation works on floors and electronic sculptures which could take you quite some time to figure out, if at all.
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Water World
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 11/06/2014
» It was scorching at a wharf in the Samae San community in Chon Buri province last week. And while most of us probably couldn’t stand more than five minutes of the stifling heat and salty air, 30 watercolour artists, both Thai and international, spent hours obsessively painting.
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Facades of normality
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/02/2015
» Try clicking "join" to just a few exhibition opening events on Facebook and you will realise how overwhelming the Bangkok art scene can actually be. There are notifications of pre-opening private views, pre-opening talks, opening parties, special performances, and, of course, an exhibition closing party again. These plethora of events are totally understandable, however, because art spaces in Bangkok are becoming more about being a fun place to hang out, and, it has to be said, art does get better after a few beers.
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Out of the darkroom
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 23/09/2015
» One doesn't know where to begin, and with what sort of mood, with "Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters Of Photography".
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Myth, love and blind earthworms
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/11/2015
» Veeraporn Nitiprapha's debut novel, which has just won this year's SEA Write Award, is ultimately a trap. Read it, and if you are totally into the world this author has created, then you are, as the book's title suggests, a Blind Earthworm In A Labyrinth (Saiduan Tabod Nai Khaowongkot).
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Regional revolution
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/02/2016
» 'An art fair is always a commercial event," said Lorenzo Rudolf, founder and president of Art Stage Singapore whose sixth edition ended last month. There's not a response more apt than that to a common complaint like: "Oh, but Art Stage is too commercial." It's an art fair, and quite naturally, as Rudolf added in an interview during the fair, "the galleries come here to sell".
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